Challenge testing with pathogenic and non-pathogenic spoilage organisms
30 March 2026
Over the past few months, smartfood R&D has once again demonstrated its ability to solve problems for a number of new and existing clients. Or, as we like to put it: we’ve managed to solve a couple of interesting shelf-life puzzles!💡
Smartfood R&D offers challenge testing with pathogenic and non-pathogenic spoilage organisms, tailor-made for every situation and every product. Thanks to our many years of expertise, we can also accelerate these challenge tests by a factor of 10 to 15.
Some examples from our in-house collection of challenge tests using pathogenic and non-pathogenic spoilage organisms:
- Survival tests with 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘱 and 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪
- Challenge tests with 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴
- Testing the challenge with 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴
- Challenge testing with a surrogate for 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮
- Challenge testing with acid-resistant lactic acid bacteria
- Challenge testing with osmophilic yeasts
- Challenge testing with non-pathogenic spore-forming bacteria
- Challenge testing 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 (Q)
Our clients can always count on reliable, independent and practical advice that consistently helps them take another step forward in managing shelf-life and food safety risks. By actively supporting our clients in managing shelf-life risks, we help them to produce more efficiently and sustainably.
